Accession Number:

AD0412868

Title:

A REPORT OF DATA OBTAINED IN FLORIDA STRAITS AND OFF THE WEST COAST OF FLORIDA, JULY - DECEMBER 1962.

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Corporate Author:

MIAMI UNIV FLA MARINE LAB

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Report Date:

1963-05-01

Pagination or Media Count:

1.0

Abstract:

The d presented were collected during the last half of 1962 on eight cruises with the RV Gerda and seven cruises with the MV Miss Fleta in Florida Straits and the eastern part of the Gulf of Mexico. The data were obtained for studies of the oceanogrphic conditions pre vailing in Florida Straits and adjacent waters, with particular regard to the kinematics of the water movements and also to the physical environ ment of the shrimp population inhabiting the region of the Tortugas Shelf. The tracks of the vessels and the positions at which observations were made are shown in charts immediately pre ceding the list of oceanographic station data relating to each cruise. Author

Descriptors:

• *OCEANOGRAPHIC DATA
• TEMPERATURE
• SALINITY
• DENSITY
• OXYGEN

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Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE